‘Real’ wages? Contractors, workers, and pay in London building trades, 1650–1800
本文利用伦敦建筑工地的原始工资记录，揭示17世纪结构性变化（尤其是大型承包商的出现）如何影响机构记录的工资，并发现实际支付给工人的工资远低于现有估计。
Abstract Existing series suggest wages in London were higher than in other European cities from 1650 to 1800. This article presents new evidence from the construction sites that supplied the underlying wage data, and uncovers the contractual and organizational context in which they were recorded. Institutional records of wages were profoundly affected by structural changes in the seventeenth century, particularly the emergence of large‐scale building contractors. The actual wages paid to London building workers were substantially below current estimates.